With an inexpensive USB OTG adapter, you can connect things like keyboards, USB hard drives, and even gaming controllers to your Android phone or tablet. ... Sharon Profis July 19, 2012 4:17 p.m. PT ...

Each year millions of old smartphones are either tossed as e-waste or are condemned to lie unloved in dusty drawers, despite the hardware in them usually being still perfectly fine. Reusing these l… ...

Android smartphones have enjoyed the ability for years now to use a USB-C cable to charge other devices using the battery on their own phone, something that’s handy in a pinch.

While some technologies such as Oppo’s SuperVOOC aren’t fully compatible with the Apple’s charging methodology, tests prove that USB-C cables and fast chargers originally for Android phones ...